Duffy is a big noise
Welsh-born singer Duffy was kicked off her school choir - for being too loud!
The crooner, whose hits include the single "Mercy", told a US interviewer: "I was thrown out because I didn't fit in. I was really loud."
Duffy has been making a big splash in the US, wowing the crowd at the Apollo concert hall in New York.
The 23-year-old - born Aimee Anne Duffy - is one of several young British singers trying to 'break' the United States.
The so-called 'Brit Invasion' has been jump-started by Amy Winehouse - whose double-platinum US debut "Back to Black" album won five Grammys - and fellow London singer Lily Allen's critically-acclaimed debut album 'Alright, Still'.
Duffy has been hailed by some critics as the new Dusty Springfield, the legendary 1960s singer whose hits included 'Son of a Preacher Man'.
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